Avengers movies have evolved into gloomy affairs. Rather than focusing on the sitcom-like dysfunction that manifests between all-powerful, ego-driven superbeings as the first two Avengers films did, these team-ups are now rife with tragedy, dour character building, and sacrifices galore. Avengers: Endgame gave Marvel’s Cinematic Universe the Game of Thrones treatment: no one was safe from Thanos’ wrath, and the heroes we’d been cheering on for years had to pay the ultimate price to defeat him.
Aside from The Marvels and Thunderbolts* (aka *The New Avengers), we haven’t had the chance to reset with a new Avengers line-up. After a series of shake-ups within the studio, it’s now full speed ahead to Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars, which will try to one-up the last two Avengers films. The rise of Doctor Doom and the end of the Multiverse Saga will likely bring a new wave of casualties to the MCU, and many are rightly wondering which Avengers we’ll have to say goodbye to this time. Given Marvel’s characteristic secrecy, it was safe to assume the fate of our favorite heroes would remain a mystery — but Chris Hemsworth, one of the few OG Avengers left, might have just spoiled his character’s fate.
